Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SB3974

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3974

Introduced 2/6/2026, by Sen. Omar Aquino

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

815 ILCS 505/2MMMM new

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that no person shall sell, attempt to sell, or offer to sell to a consumer in the State a non-externally vented natural gas appliance that is manufactured on or after January 1, 2027 unless a label on the gas appliance bears a specified warning message. Provides that the Attorney General may adopt rules setting forth additional requirements for the placement and formatting of the label. Provides that a person who violates the provision commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning business.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2MMMM as follows:

(815 ILCS 505/2MMMM new)

Sec. 2MMMM. Gas appliance labeling.

(a) No person shall sell, attempt to sell, or offer to sell to a consumer in this State a non-externally vented natural gas appliance that is manufactured on or after January 1, 2027 unless a label on the gas appliance bears the message:

WARNING: Gas appliances can release nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide inside homes at levels exceeding the Environmental Protection Agency's standards for outdoor air quality. The presence of these pollutants may exacerbate pre-existing respiratory illnesses or lead to the development of asthma, especially in children. Gas appliances should never be used without a ducted vent hood to reduce exposure to these emissions.

(b) The label required under subsection (a) shall be attached to the gas appliance in a conspicuous location. The label must be in a type size no smaller than the largest type size used for other consumer information on the product.

(c) The Attorney General may adopt rules setting forth additional requirements for the placement and formatting of the label required under subsection (a).

(d) A violation of this Section constitutes an unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.